The annual halloween party

The house was a Hurricane shelter. No
electricity, only flashlights and candles. Blues, jazz and ragtime
music playing mixed in with the sounds of Hurricane Andrew. Peel and
eat shrimp, beer and simple food. The best part was an acoustic jam
circle with everyone packed in, singing and playing for hours. Dustin
got on keyboards for awhile...talk about one happy kid! Tracy Pucci did
her famous Cher imitation, everyone got a chance to sing something.
Nancy and I have two nephews, Tohn and Reed who have a band called 'The
Lushtones' who were there for the jam too. It really was an amazing
time.
People left contributions to hurricane
disaster relief in a great big jar that one of the guests is going to
deliver into the right hands. Another one of the guests ,has just
returned from Louisiana where he was volunteering with the Humane
society feeding and walking abandoned animals.
There was no shortage of FEMA comments, but it
was mostly a night for people to get together and send a shot of
positive energy to those who have been through and who are still going
through these hard times.

The costumes were amazing as always...people
came as anything and everything out of the storm. Oprah was there as
was Dr. Phil. Lots and lots of folks from FEMA (funny how they could
make it to a party), doctors, construction workers, a windswept voodoo
priest, a tattered nun covered in moss and on and on. On a more macabre
note, two, people came as the death angel.
A strange night to be sure. We send all our
love to those in crisis and those who are moving on from it. We raised
a glass to them and to the world that keeps on turning.